John Lennon - May 13th

John Lennon --- best known as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist for The Beatles. His creative career also included the roles of solo musician, political activist, artist, actor and author. John's father walked out on the family when he was a toddler. His mother then decided that she was unable to care for John as well as she should and gave him to her sister, Mimi. Soon after his 16th birthday, his mother was killed when she was struck by a car driven by a drunk off-duty police officer.